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in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the holes that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he says it's also a blatant interference into syria's domestic affairs he said this success of any international effort in syria would require countries including turkey saudi arabia qatar and libya to stop arming funding and training the syrian opposition and to rather encourage dialogue so the syrian foreign minister will lead of course to addressing the world body on the last and final day of the un general assembly he says that he is calling for a political solution and syrian led dialogue to agree on a roadmap to a more poor poorest stick and democratic syria but we heard u.s. president barack obama first call for. president bashar al assad to step down and then his sentiments were echoed by britain and by france just as the u.s. he says stood by supported and helped liberate the people in libya he would like to see
in his country by those countries actually arming financing and supporting the opposition groups in syria he went on to say that the holes that western countries are making for president bashar al assad to step down is not only provoking more bloodshed in his country but he says it's also a blatant interference into syria's domestic affairs he said this success of any international effort in syria would require countries including turkey saudi arabia qatar and libya to stop arming funding and...
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even from here, you can see syria and the military bases on the other side. both sides are opening fire almost every day. the 6-year-old was the first syrian child to die in the exodus. killed by troops as his family fretted. soldiers responded with covering fire. i went to visit another. but she and her two boys are living with another syrian family here. they are too scared to show their faces. >> we reached to the area between the jordanian and syrian borders. suddenly, we were fired upon. we were at the back of the group and we got on the ground. he fell out after the first shot. >> of the drawings of children tell terrible stories of violence they left behind. but whose family fled a month ago, she tells me she won't go and live in a tent city. >> i will go back to die under gas fires. she will be breathing that era. this is no life of all. >> even the u.s. said that no one would choose to live here. many refugees that we met in transit centers are refusing to move them. the syrians are still welcome, but this country realizes the visitors could be there
even from here, you can see syria and the military bases on the other side. both sides are opening fire almost every day. the 6-year-old was the first syrian child to die in the exodus. killed by troops as his family fretted. soldiers responded with covering fire. i went to visit another. but she and her two boys are living with another syrian family here. they are too scared to show their faces. >> we reached to the area between the jordanian and syrian borders. suddenly, we were fired...
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who will be the leader of syria? >> he also expressed concern that the ongoing arrest in syria could lean into weapons falling into the hands of hezbollah that is hostile to israel. said that israel cannot ovlo siatnshathat the military balance in the middle east. he has suggested that israel might take some sort of military action to safeguard his security. >>> the head of japan's nuclear safety commission says he acknowledges for safety are insufficient and need to be reviewed. made a comment dealing with th fukushima iichi accint. system on the way bringing in more rounds of heavy snow. strong winds accompanies that as well. that can mean low visibility. back across the continent that is going be quite settled and dry. these are going to intensify into friday. down here, showers from vietnam as well as cambodia and heavier rain is going be focusing once again that will be upping the risk of landslides and for flooding to occur. it is a very foggy morning for you. into north america, a couple of snowstorms here, to
who will be the leader of syria? >> he also expressed concern that the ongoing arrest in syria could lean into weapons falling into the hands of hezbollah that is hostile to israel. said that israel cannot ovlo siatnshathat the military balance in the middle east. he has suggested that israel might take some sort of military action to safeguard his security. >>> the head of japan's nuclear safety commission says he acknowledges for safety are insufficient and need to be reviewed....
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any answer a military intervention in syria would be. very different from worse a kurd it's. a regional conflagration. and it could even increase support for the regime in country we saw we see what happened in the case of iran army grows opposition. from within the there is rhetoric from the outside of threats of either bombing from israel or . the u.s. well all this talk of immediate threats i like regimes to then say i look you have to support us because otherwise you're going to go in and you're going to get bombed and broad based opposition people they're not general position they're just agents and so on and so forth so. i think an outside intervention. in terms of whether it's just the so-called no fly zone or any kind of military intervention very much many things worse the arab league solution to the syrian crisis is for the present as to see power to his deputy is that fair i think that's a way of keeping the regime in place and changing the figurehead and that seems to been very much the g.c.c. plan in yemen for example where
any answer a military intervention in syria would be. very different from worse a kurd it's. a regional conflagration. and it could even increase support for the regime in country we saw we see what happened in the case of iran army grows opposition. from within the there is rhetoric from the outside of threats of either bombing from israel or . the u.s. well all this talk of immediate threats i like regimes to then say i look you have to support us because otherwise you're going to go in and...
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. >> and now to the violence in syria. the united nations human rights commissioner has talked about the horrific levels of violence after syria has rejected a peace-keeping force. >> as more evidence of the killing of civilians emerges, the greater the outrage among those people in the world who want to stop this but cannot. the regime continues to say that the force they are using is a legitimate response to the terrorists, directed by foreign conspirators. diplomacy stalled in a security council after russia and china vetoed a call by the arab league. the general assembly, -- this is trying. >> the failure of the security council to agree on firm council has emboldened the government of syria for an all- out attack to crush dissent. >> the ambassador of syria stayed with the line that they are battering extremism by foreign extremists. >> we are sad, but for those losses, and those who are trying to obtain political interests with syrian blood -- >> in cairo over the weekend, the arab league asked for a peacekeeping mis
. >> and now to the violence in syria. the united nations human rights commissioner has talked about the horrific levels of violence after syria has rejected a peace-keeping force. >> as more evidence of the killing of civilians emerges, the greater the outrage among those people in the world who want to stop this but cannot. the regime continues to say that the force they are using is a legitimate response to the terrorists, directed by foreign conspirators. diplomacy stalled in a...
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you don't view syria as our l.-i almost never come talk to actually we don't even have any interaction or any contacts with syrian security agencies which so we just money there the situation there in the book and i really hope it doesn't it doesn't get to the point you know where we have a military block or an intervening on behalf of one of the nation's. capital and i really hope that this water incident will soon be over and the other problem is will be resolved even though at the moment the situation is actually getting worse someone who because right after this incident we will have a problem with this plane which was an route from moscow to damascus but it was turkish fighter jets made to land in turkey. so the conflicts between the two nations is obviously escalating the conflict there but i still believe that common sense will eventually prevail if you could ignore the. lots talk about this plane in more detail. how did you react to what. we're involved in any discussions with political leaders or with the
you don't view syria as our l.-i almost never come talk to actually we don't even have any interaction or any contacts with syrian security agencies which so we just money there the situation there in the book and i really hope it doesn't it doesn't get to the point you know where we have a military block or an intervening on behalf of one of the nation's. capital and i really hope that this water incident will soon be over and the other problem is will be resolved even though at the moment the...
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biological weapons from syria? >> what i said in 2010 was that energy concerns and securities needed to exist and taken into account, but it had to be part of what is the legal and regulatory requirements for evaluating any pipeline application that cross s an international boundary. the state department was in the process of making such a determination and when it became necessary to make a decision, we the did not recommend that the president say no, but rather that the presidential permit for the project at the time be denied. and with respect to the national interest, what we were, working on was a resolution of the very strong concerns expressed by one of the states through which the pipeline would with move, a state that at that time did not have itself own process, that needed to pass legislation and figure out the alternative route and then of course, it fell on the state department to determine the alternative route. that had not yet been established when we were required to make our decision, therefore it
biological weapons from syria? >> what i said in 2010 was that energy concerns and securities needed to exist and taken into account, but it had to be part of what is the legal and regulatory requirements for evaluating any pipeline application that cross s an international boundary. the state department was in the process of making such a determination and when it became necessary to make a decision, we the did not recommend that the president say no, but rather that the presidential...
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this footage is reportedly from central syria. activists say the death toll has as many as 35 on monday alone peony -- monday alone. many victims were children. the truce is essentially in tatters, a special -- especially since syrian foreign ministry went on tv to pour cold water on kofi annan's peace plan. he denied that damascus ever committed to the withdrawal. he has said that they will only abide by the cease-fire if assad's forces do as well. >> at least 25,000 syrians have taken refuge in turkey. kofi annan will be visiting the camps on tuesday to assess the situation. >> refugees are also crossing the border into lebanon where the u.n. is providing humanitarian relief out there. >> and unloading supplies for syrian ridge fiji's in lebanon. -- syrian refugees in lebanon. many of these people fled their homes, taking only what they could carry. the refugees take shelter in an abandoned industrial buildings, garages, and unused schools. the lebanese government officially supports damascus and has done little for serious disp
this footage is reportedly from central syria. activists say the death toll has as many as 35 on monday alone peony -- monday alone. many victims were children. the truce is essentially in tatters, a special -- especially since syrian foreign ministry went on tv to pour cold water on kofi annan's peace plan. he denied that damascus ever committed to the withdrawal. he has said that they will only abide by the cease-fire if assad's forces do as well. >> at least 25,000 syrians have taken...
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and it's and if they see that syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of iran that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's true that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken. lebanon it is already having been affected by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask was out of their own will and can't you've got to be everything to gaza it is to some extent but look here is the problem with all that logic this civil war in syria didn't start by any kind of western instigation it started by the syrian people that is to say it is not something that started by foreign instigation not the americans not attacks not the israelis for god's sake it's started by the syrian people so this is a given situation now and what i said before and i will repeat it now it's not about democracy it's not about nation building you never add these words from me i agree completely with joshua landis that there can be nation
and it's and if they see that syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of iran that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's true that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken. lebanon it is already having been affected by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask was out of their own will and can't you've...
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why did you intervene in libya and not in syria? a lot of people asked me, isn't syria like what happened in bosnia and so many, including u.n. officials have said what's happening in syria is very similar to what happened in bosnia with the wholesale slaughter of innocent civilians. i think from the administration's point of view they're looking at iraq and they don't want to get into an iraq-type of multi-year operation. >> and former senator george mitchell has said the united states needs to stay out of syria while senators mccain and lieberman said thursday that the u.s. must get involved. what is the fear if the u.s. does get involved? >> well, precisely that. that they don't want to get bogged down. nobody is talking about putting american boots on the ground or any other boots on the ground. the question is, can you take other military measures that will stop this war? i think what you have now, most sort of seasoned observers and most people who look at what could possibly be done to mitigate this nearly two-year war now in
why did you intervene in libya and not in syria? a lot of people asked me, isn't syria like what happened in bosnia and so many, including u.n. officials have said what's happening in syria is very similar to what happened in bosnia with the wholesale slaughter of innocent civilians. i think from the administration's point of view they're looking at iraq and they don't want to get into an iraq-type of multi-year operation. >> and former senator george mitchell has said the united states...
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syria's foreign minister points the finger of blame at rebel from the states that he says are backing terrorism in his country and he finds out by roger of criticism that the two are. also the nato secretary general considers an early troop withdrawal from afghanistan amidst a pace of insider attacks and flogging the wrong. class profiting from poverty rising jobless rates and homelessness in britain that leave the destitute prey for human trafficking a ring. international news and comment line from moscow this is all see with me our thanks for joining it's fast it's no longer just a dream for georgia's opposition with president saakashvili is reading united national movement policy showing unprecedented weakness in yesterday's parliamentary elections vote counting is still ongoing the opposition megaupload georgian dream so far has a solid lead but big trees far from a done deal almost top of all m.p.'s directly elected rather than from postulates and that is where the ruling party hopes to capitalize however if the numbers hold it will be an unprecedented blurred party whose dominan
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damascus syria. for more on the situation in syria i'm joined by sharmeen our one year middle east expert and senior associate at st anthony's college oxford so russia has warned of a repeat of the libyan style intervention in syria despite diplomatic efforts of moscow and beijing not to allow that via the un charter likely do you think it is that that may happen. you know i think i'm concerned about the discourse on syria i think we start at the wrong starting point there's so much escalation of rhetoric . going on and i think you know the main thing to look at is that syria sits at a geo political fault line in the middle east and is at the center of. the struggle for the balance of power in the region. it's it's one of the few countries that has experienced revolts in the region where people are actually discouraging for discussions or dialogue and negotiations i think what we first need to look at is what is actually happening in syria you know video photographs being beamed outside satellite pic
damascus syria. for more on the situation in syria i'm joined by sharmeen our one year middle east expert and senior associate at st anthony's college oxford so russia has warned of a repeat of the libyan style intervention in syria despite diplomatic efforts of moscow and beijing not to allow that via the un charter likely do you think it is that that may happen. you know i think i'm concerned about the discourse on syria i think we start at the wrong starting point there's so much escalation...
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syria. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today a reminder of our top story here of lot of per turn has been sworn in as the new president of russia and a grand inauguration ceremony in the kremlin dmitri medvedev handed power to the new head of state who took the oath on the constitution i thought he one gun salute . after the ceremony and in just a few moments i'll be back with the headlines up but for now let's take a look back at some of the highlights of this event. was. the what sets us . and us. is the fuel this is going to get it's a good local school school even at hitler half.
syria. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today a reminder of our top story here of lot of per turn has been sworn in as the new president of russia and a grand inauguration ceremony in the kremlin dmitri medvedev handed power to the new head of state who took the oath on the constitution i thought he one gun salute . after the ceremony and in just a few moments i'll be back with the headlines up but for now let's take a look back at some of the highlights of this event. was. the what...
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then on syria we exchanged a few of your own meeting on the situation on syria and agreed on the urgency to stop the fighting and we also agree on the need to continue supporting the efforts of mr brime meanie. i recall the position. relented recently expressed by do you counsel i'm just quoting from this council conclusions the european council to ask the foreign affairs council to work on all options to support and help the opposition and to enable greater support for the protection of the civilians and we support also future that is democratic and inclusive with full support for human rights and the rights of minorities. because the reality. is still from my actions vested fam radio stations i would like to ask president putin and the e.u. leaders in your. dresses you have said you have made it clear that you tackle a lot of questions in the framework of cooperation in quite a quick manner for instance you've been able to agree with the e.u. protocol service to to hang the russian flag in the right way because before that it was a doubt but in any case there are some questions that ta
then on syria we exchanged a few of your own meeting on the situation on syria and agreed on the urgency to stop the fighting and we also agree on the need to continue supporting the efforts of mr brime meanie. i recall the position. relented recently expressed by do you counsel i'm just quoting from this council conclusions the european council to ask the foreign affairs council to work on all options to support and help the opposition and to enable greater support for the protection of the...
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do with regard to syria and what kind of support is there within the international community? >> it is difficult to, you know, see a quick end, unfortunately, to this crisis. the options are limited. there is no appetite in the international community for another military intervention. there is a divided opposition in syria and the question of whether to arm the opposition or not is not something that the opposition is united on. some don't armed, some say arming the opposition will further complicate the issue. and so the united states so far has to keep on trying the diplomatic option and try the economic option also with the sanctions on the regime, but these unfortunately are not openings that will lead any time soon to dramatic change. >> if you look what happened recently in libya, also egypt where the dictator, the leader was forced out of power, what's different in syria? >> well, in libya there was sort of a imminent attack that left tens of thousands dead. the arab league was united over what to do with libya and get to the international community. you also had the r
do with regard to syria and what kind of support is there within the international community? >> it is difficult to, you know, see a quick end, unfortunately, to this crisis. the options are limited. there is no appetite in the international community for another military intervention. there is a divided opposition in syria and the question of whether to arm the opposition or not is not something that the opposition is united on. some don't armed, some say arming the opposition will...
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seems to have finally understood that it will not have a clean clean clear success in syria and if it decides to intervene it will ruin the whole country on the way and that's why it's leaving the dirty work to do its local proxies so dearie turkey seemed to like the idea of middle east controlled by the muslim brotherhood which they can control easily thinking that this is their battle it seems gives them the privileged. that's what they think nothing allows them to do so this is against international law this is against every concept of neighboring countries so they think it's ok for them and they think really get away with it and that's why they act this way and the question is are they going to get away with it another popular uprising this time an ija has far reaching consequences not just for the country's future before it's past as well ancient artifacts and museum pieces and up and private park it's but the new government has more pressing matters at hand as we report in a few minutes here on our. last georgia is held by many outsiders as one of the world's best young democrac
seems to have finally understood that it will not have a clean clean clear success in syria and if it decides to intervene it will ruin the whole country on the way and that's why it's leaving the dirty work to do its local proxies so dearie turkey seemed to like the idea of middle east controlled by the muslim brotherhood which they can control easily thinking that this is their battle it seems gives them the privileged. that's what they think nothing allows them to do so this is against...
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damascus syria. for perspective on this i'm joined by patrick hayes reporter for online magazine spike so russia has warned of a repeat of the libyan style scenario in syria despite diplomatic efforts of moscow and beijing not to allow it so how likely do you think foreign intervention of a certain kind is. well obviously china and russia did veto the u.n. resolution. over a week ago now but support what we seem to be seeing is enough resolution being put on the cards being proposed by qatar and other countries and it does seem like it's the typical kind of situation which the west particularly good at which is that if they don't like the fact that resolution was vetoed in the first place they'll just put forward enough on till people. are satisfied then they get their will so you know i think you. see the french and british prime minister and now talking about having a summit about how they can help the free syrian army everything seems to be pointing towards a desire from the west to intervene in t
damascus syria. for perspective on this i'm joined by patrick hayes reporter for online magazine spike so russia has warned of a repeat of the libyan style scenario in syria despite diplomatic efforts of moscow and beijing not to allow it so how likely do you think foreign intervention of a certain kind is. well obviously china and russia did veto the u.n. resolution. over a week ago now but support what we seem to be seeing is enough resolution being put on the cards being proposed by qatar...
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syria. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today i remind of our top story here of lot of putin has been sworn in as the new president of russia and a grand inauguration ceremony in the kremlin dmitri medvedev handed power to the new head of state who took the oath on the constitution thirty one gun salute. after the ceremony and in just a few moments i'll be back with the headlines up but for now let's take a look back at some of the highlights of this event. was. he. who has . the oldest he's been in the business is going to get it so good luck was. vladimir putin makes his comeback in the kremlin as he's sworn in as head of state . the country kicked off. for the next six. to. one of the leaders of the uprising. view with. the explosive interview on chief. under the way to france's mounting debt.
syria. it is good to have you with us here on r.t. today i remind of our top story here of lot of putin has been sworn in as the new president of russia and a grand inauguration ceremony in the kremlin dmitri medvedev handed power to the new head of state who took the oath on the constitution thirty one gun salute. after the ceremony and in just a few moments i'll be back with the headlines up but for now let's take a look back at some of the highlights of this event. was. he. who has . the...
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but then syria pretty much like it does in iraq and. this may be needed for turkish own self-defense but if those attacks carried out that's going to make it very volatile a very bloody very unstable situation in this region far worse of course when oksana boyko reporting that well meantime i'll talk to. the editor in chief of the syria tribune blog so that america's mideast allies are walking a fine line for you and international. the u.s. seems to have finally understood that it will not have a clean clean clear success in syria and if it decides to intervene it will ruin the whole country on the way and that's why it's leaving the dirty work to do its local proxies so dearie turkey seems to to like the idea of middle east controlled by the muslim brotherhood which they can control easily thinking that this is their battle it seems gives them the privileged. that's what they think nothing allows them to do so this is against international law this is against every concept of neighboring countries so they think it's ok for them and the
but then syria pretty much like it does in iraq and. this may be needed for turkish own self-defense but if those attacks carried out that's going to make it very volatile a very bloody very unstable situation in this region far worse of course when oksana boyko reporting that well meantime i'll talk to. the editor in chief of the syria tribune blog so that america's mideast allies are walking a fine line for you and international. the u.s. seems to have finally understood that it will not have...
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do we have such recognition of -- of a new leadership, of a country, that exists in syria? and i'm not sure if it's in place yet. so there are various factors that i think each of them has to be considered, and also dare i say the point is that where we did this mission, and pleem say, well, you did it without nato boots on the ground, could we do the same somewhere else? well i think the military commander will do his estimate, military commander will do his estimate and it will likely be, it will be a different outcome. it will be a different force structure. and these days, it will be an acceptable force structure to do this. or is diplomacy the way to solve this problem? so there are various factors which i offer to you that i would certainly consider and each of these needs to be looked at in depth and understanding, and i think we need to look also at our own internal, we the nato nation, our own internal financial situation, political situations, which will force various decision making. the difficult part is acknowledging that our people suffering but what is the co
do we have such recognition of -- of a new leadership, of a country, that exists in syria? and i'm not sure if it's in place yet. so there are various factors that i think each of them has to be considered, and also dare i say the point is that where we did this mission, and pleem say, well, you did it without nato boots on the ground, could we do the same somewhere else? well i think the military commander will do his estimate, military commander will do his estimate and it will likely be, it...
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russia says no to regime change in syria and votes against what it calls nonprofits u.n. resolution but fails to address the dangers posed by armed insurgents government forces are reportedly stepping up their assault on rebel fighters across syria. fueling and here on rhetoric a israel accuses the islamic state of targeting its diplomats after type at least link or group of rangers to explosives in bangkok it follows similar attacks in india and georgia earlier this week. mr denies any involvement. and eurozone leaders are deciding the terms of the next bailout package for embattled greece as a deadline for its debt repayments rooms closer in comic crisis and got much of europe the countries outside the single currency like sweden managing to avoid the worst of it. and use hand for the sports news. good to have you company and these are the headlines full steam ahead local my teeth come from behind to win the first leg of their europa league time without that goal in moscow. united and city enjoys wins as they get their you rightly campaigns underway. on charge prime min
russia says no to regime change in syria and votes against what it calls nonprofits u.n. resolution but fails to address the dangers posed by armed insurgents government forces are reportedly stepping up their assault on rebel fighters across syria. fueling and here on rhetoric a israel accuses the islamic state of targeting its diplomats after type at least link or group of rangers to explosives in bangkok it follows similar attacks in india and georgia earlier this week. mr denies any...
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syria russia is among the countries that believes diplomatic approach taken to the crisis in syria were a dialogue between the government and the opposition house to be created the united nations is still divided over how to resolve the problem in syria. now reporting there well russia reaffirmed its commitment to peace efforts in syria's foreign minister sergey lavrov un special envoy lakhdar brahimi on the sidelines of the gathering and promised full support for his mission and commenting on the western proposals and syria voiced at the un dr khan holland from foreign policy in focus said it's a persistent call for regime change that brought the situation to a stalemate in the first place. you cannot call for the replacement of a regime and then expect to have a degree magic solution so when president obama said it has to be replaced well then who's to do the negotiating team to me is that the solution here was the regionally basically the one that both russia and china oppose which is that you get a cease fire you don't talk about regime change and discipline that's part of the negot
syria russia is among the countries that believes diplomatic approach taken to the crisis in syria were a dialogue between the government and the opposition house to be created the united nations is still divided over how to resolve the problem in syria. now reporting there well russia reaffirmed its commitment to peace efforts in syria's foreign minister sergey lavrov un special envoy lakhdar brahimi on the sidelines of the gathering and promised full support for his mission and commenting on...
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were killed by a syria based strike on wednesday sparking days of mutual shelling. italians fury of a mounting cuts descends into clashes while civil servants are marching for their jobs in spain. and a wrongly accused russian student who was brutally beaten in a canadian detention center faces a long recovery his family says the country is doing nothing to help. with the top headlines of the week and all of today this is the weekly on our t.v. with me rory sushi at a straight to breaking news for you this hour. tillery has returned fire at syria for a fifth day it was in response to a mortar landing inside the same turkish village where five civilians were killed by a syria based strike on wednesday there are at this point no reports of casualties turkey's parliament authorized a military response this week and the prime minister warned it will not shy away from war if provoked a syrian fire zone on the border is said to be under rebel control arousing suspicion that the shelling could be a deliberate effort to bring intervention will be a crossing live to our midd
were killed by a syria based strike on wednesday sparking days of mutual shelling. italians fury of a mounting cuts descends into clashes while civil servants are marching for their jobs in spain. and a wrongly accused russian student who was brutally beaten in a canadian detention center faces a long recovery his family says the country is doing nothing to help. with the top headlines of the week and all of today this is the weekly on our t.v. with me rory sushi at a straight to breaking news...
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regime rebel fighters are ready for a new battle in syria's cities. as u.n. peace efforts on the ground failed to take hold. and saudi arabia reportedly opens fire on crowds of protesters as ethnic clashes continue in the country with injuries threats. blow and welcome to our t.v. is saturday with me karen taraji it's ten o'clock here in moscow well clouds descended on the celebration of sport and peace that is the olympics that's after police arrested some fifty cyclists outside the main stadium in london officers used pepper spray against members of the amateur club while legibly tried to push through a security corridor artie's laura smith reports. these are right that's were made in connection with the critical mass pike right which is a demonstration by cyclists that takes place in the last part and three month all around the world and what i'm trying to do this peacefully is that with lots of cyclists to basically trying wherever they want here in london who are snake big words able to do that on this holiday not because of the massive security operatio
regime rebel fighters are ready for a new battle in syria's cities. as u.n. peace efforts on the ground failed to take hold. and saudi arabia reportedly opens fire on crowds of protesters as ethnic clashes continue in the country with injuries threats. blow and welcome to our t.v. is saturday with me karen taraji it's ten o'clock here in moscow well clouds descended on the celebration of sport and peace that is the olympics that's after police arrested some fifty cyclists outside the main...
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that's not the case in syria. and so interest is and remains in seeing this government go, seeing assad go, and a democratic transition emerge as soon as possible. but the best way to get there in our judgment is not in this instance through the use of military force or even at this stage arming an opposition whose leadership and cohesion we know very little bit about. >> i'm not talking about us engaging militarily. i'm just simply saying at what point do we support rebels militarily? i mean, it just seems to me that the alternative is to watch them all be slaughtered. >> sir, that's indeed the question i'm trying to address. and the answer is that we believe that the best approach is threefold -- one, to increase the pressure on the assad regime. and we have put strong sanctions. we have seen others do the same. the region. and we need to tighten that noose, point one. yes indeed, we do care about the humanitarian situation. and we are seeking greater access and providing humanitarian assistance. but third, we'r
that's not the case in syria. and so interest is and remains in seeing this government go, seeing assad go, and a democratic transition emerge as soon as possible. but the best way to get there in our judgment is not in this instance through the use of military force or even at this stage arming an opposition whose leadership and cohesion we know very little bit about. >> i'm not talking about us engaging militarily. i'm just simply saying at what point do we support rebels militarily? i...
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he is now doing the same and that this family's on acceptable in syria needs a nonsectarian national government to prepare a new constitution the arab league's reportedly calling for a joint arab league u.n. so-called peacekeeping force to be sent into syria president assad has already rejected the idea do you think it's a good idea i don't think it's a good idea to send any so-called peacekeeping forces i mean first we have to see what is the arab league the arab league is essentially amaury bond organization which is brought to life when the west needs it too it has no active role for the last twenty five years in any positive sense in the region it failed to stop the war in iraq it back the war. libya and it's probably being used as a surrogate to try and push through foreign troops an intervention in syria which i'm totally opposed to i think that is the one thing syria does not need is foreign armies we've seen what's happened in iraq and we've seen what's happened in libya but surely the involvement of the arab league which is kind of a local regional group is better than the i
he is now doing the same and that this family's on acceptable in syria needs a nonsectarian national government to prepare a new constitution the arab league's reportedly calling for a joint arab league u.n. so-called peacekeeping force to be sent into syria president assad has already rejected the idea do you think it's a good idea i don't think it's a good idea to send any so-called peacekeeping forces i mean first we have to see what is the arab league the arab league is essentially amaury...
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by a syria based strike on wednesday sparking a day of mutual shock. italians fury over mounting cuts descends into clashes while civil servants are marching for their jobs in spain. and a wrongly accused russian student who was brutally beaten in a canadian detention center places along we're covering all this family says the country is doing nothing to help. but from moscow this is. straight to our breaking news for you this hour turkish artillery has returned fire at syria for a fifth day it was in response to a mortar landing inside the same turkish village where five civilians were killed by a syria based strike on wednesday let's get more now on this from our middle east correspondent joining us live paula hello to you what do we know about the latest shelling at this point. well for the fourth straight day turkish artillery has fired into syria this coming just minutes after a mortar landed in turkish territory fired from syria we understand that at least eight mortars were fired from turkey into syria now according to the mayor of the turkish b
by a syria based strike on wednesday sparking a day of mutual shock. italians fury over mounting cuts descends into clashes while civil servants are marching for their jobs in spain. and a wrongly accused russian student who was brutally beaten in a canadian detention center places along we're covering all this family says the country is doing nothing to help. but from moscow this is. straight to our breaking news for you this hour turkish artillery has returned fire at syria for a fifth day it...
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western support for the rebels in syria could come at a very high price some experts now fear that if the free syrian army fighters topple assad they will quickly turn that around about weapons on the jewish community and. turning secrets but they also have a fresh report which highlights some aspects of the current even americans are being kept in the dark about. what's coming up later but now a decade of one challenge to rule has come to an end for the now former ruling party of georgia with its head president saakashvili now under pressure to resign taking out the montoya's they opposition blog georgian trained promising to undo saakashvili its policies and even take legal action against a liter. of course our friend. it felt as if georgia had won the football world cup in the streets celebrated the surprising win by the opposition and despite fears the ruling regime may somehow hamper destroy soon their worries were swept aside by the president himself so. it is evident that the georgian dream call is and has secured a majority this means this parliamentary majority has to form th
western support for the rebels in syria could come at a very high price some experts now fear that if the free syrian army fighters topple assad they will quickly turn that around about weapons on the jewish community and. turning secrets but they also have a fresh report which highlights some aspects of the current even americans are being kept in the dark about. what's coming up later but now a decade of one challenge to rule has come to an end for the now former ruling party of georgia with...
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syria's opposition calls on international action as the government helicopters pound the rebel held parts of aleppo an attempt to retake control over the country's second city. london olympics hands out the first sets of medals after a record taking opening ceremony was though tainted by a police arresting about one hundred cycling activists. saudi arabian police attacked demonstrators with clubs on live i mean nation as pro-reform protests spread from bahrain and the united arab emirates. seven am in moscow i met très a good to have you with us here on r t our top story dozens of people reportedly killed during fresh clashes in syria's largest city as government forces step up a counter offensive against entrenched rebels witnesses say the scene in aleppo was the fiercest fighting of the sixteen month long conflict with rebels claiming they can't win the fight without international support russia says syrian authorities need to work towards peace but can't be expected to concede while western backed insurgents continue to take over cities moscow accuses foreign powers of fueling the vio
syria's opposition calls on international action as the government helicopters pound the rebel held parts of aleppo an attempt to retake control over the country's second city. london olympics hands out the first sets of medals after a record taking opening ceremony was though tainted by a police arresting about one hundred cycling activists. saudi arabian police attacked demonstrators with clubs on live i mean nation as pro-reform protests spread from bahrain and the united arab emirates....
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syria threatens no one syria is a nonbeliever in country what's going on is not an uprising it's not a revolution it's not a civil war the i.c.r.c. was paid eight million dollars by washington to lie to lie is if their lie change international law and i disagree completely with stephen they didn't unleash this power in fact there's lots of debate in washington now and lots of reluctance to supply weapons because they know it might end up in the hands of al qaida but at the same time this level of persistent meddling and allowing their lies to mad to. consistently and kind of fueling the fire in syria is very very destructive and i think. this component of the chemical weapons is only going to smother the picture. and if you. still. want. my. eyes were shot four times in total in the air war as it were in. syria the bullets are still in my body. and people should be allowed to defend themselves wherever they are gone from the hands of law abiding decent people are not our problem national rifle association was a group of basically retired military and we love to shoot holes and i'm so
syria threatens no one syria is a nonbeliever in country what's going on is not an uprising it's not a revolution it's not a civil war the i.c.r.c. was paid eight million dollars by washington to lie to lie is if their lie change international law and i disagree completely with stephen they didn't unleash this power in fact there's lots of debate in washington now and lots of reluctance to supply weapons because they know it might end up in the hands of al qaida but at the same time this level...
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syria's foreign minister points the finger of blame at rebel friendly states that he says that backing terrorism in his country and he finds a barrel of criticism at the you are. also nato secretary general considers an early troop withdrawal from afghanistan following a spate of insider attacks and flooding morale. class profiting from poverty rising jobless rates and homelessness in britain leave the destitute prey for human trafficking rings. international news and comment live from moscow this is a sea with me thanks for joining us it's no longer just a dream for georgia's opposition with president saakashvili is ruling united national movement policy making a poor showing in parliamentary elections so vote counting is still ongoing the opposition microblog georgian dream so far has a solid lead and let's not cross the aussies and exceed your chefs into policing the what's happening that had a valid say so how tell us how has the vote counting gone so far. well we understand that for now almost a quarter of the votes have been counted and right now all the results are putting the o
syria's foreign minister points the finger of blame at rebel friendly states that he says that backing terrorism in his country and he finds a barrel of criticism at the you are. also nato secretary general considers an early troop withdrawal from afghanistan following a spate of insider attacks and flooding morale. class profiting from poverty rising jobless rates and homelessness in britain leave the destitute prey for human trafficking rings. international news and comment live from moscow...
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syria's internal position which is considered by many rebels to be lenient on the moving regimes now called for the overthrow of pres. the side that i'm aware of meeting in the damascus that says the free syrian army says it's moving its command center from the turkish border into syria itself to help opposition forces united head of an offensive against assad troops in the capital a year and a half of fighting against the president's rules left thousands dead across the country. from says apparently shelving a probe into claims that the former international monetary fund chief dominique strauss kahn took part in group rape may witness is thought to have withdrawn her allegations that were stress caused be plagued by accusations which have cost him his career last may a new york hotel maid accused him of attempted rape he was later cleared the charges. up ahead the flights of the french are finding things are getting too taxing. they are quite responsible for this crisis and they should be more than the rest since they have more meat on site but instead the big good is a bailing out
syria's internal position which is considered by many rebels to be lenient on the moving regimes now called for the overthrow of pres. the side that i'm aware of meeting in the damascus that says the free syrian army says it's moving its command center from the turkish border into syria itself to help opposition forces united head of an offensive against assad troops in the capital a year and a half of fighting against the president's rules left thousands dead across the country. from says...
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syria, reporting from associated press as the secretary of state saying that the syria president fits the definition of a war criminal. she was pressed by senate lindsey graham and others on syria. more than 4500 people have died through the violence of president assad and asked by other senators asking that if he's war criminal, the secretary said that he would fit in that category. the testimony taking place here in washington this afternoon. here's more with secretary of state clinton. >> a few months ago i had the unique opportunity to travel to libya in the aftermath of that transition, it was a real -- i don't have a point of reference, but it was starting to watch pro-american graffiti on the wall. they knew had turn them back on them. i hope that will pay dividends in the future. we're several months into that transition and the u.s. involvement in that, my question is two-part, number one, how is that going in terms of our role there? and then, the second question is, one that hopeful that there will be a transition similar to that syria pretty soon? what are we learning from
syria, reporting from associated press as the secretary of state saying that the syria president fits the definition of a war criminal. she was pressed by senate lindsey graham and others on syria. more than 4500 people have died through the violence of president assad and asked by other senators asking that if he's war criminal, the secretary said that he would fit in that category. the testimony taking place here in washington this afternoon. here's more with secretary of state clinton....
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syria is iran's route to the sea, so the significance of syria perhaps distancing itself in some way from iran is a very significant opportunity for us and that's why we should be using every resource we have to encourage the movement within syria to have a more representative form of government and the to get rid of assad, that includes communicating with the allowaite even if assad is not there, and it means making sure that we are working with turkey, and to make sure the rebels are armed and can make progress against assad. it's also essential for us to communicate that american action, military or otherwise, is not going to be determined or vetoed by china and russia, that the united nations has a role to play in the world but they're not going to tell us what the we do in order to protect our interests and to protect the interests of the people of syria and to assure that iran does not continue to have its sway in that part of the world. thank you. >> good luck in georgia today. >> thank you. >> the next question comes from doug rose. >> good morning, governor. >> hi, doug. >>
syria is iran's route to the sea, so the significance of syria perhaps distancing itself in some way from iran is a very significant opportunity for us and that's why we should be using every resource we have to encourage the movement within syria to have a more representative form of government and the to get rid of assad, that includes communicating with the allowaite even if assad is not there, and it means making sure that we are working with turkey, and to make sure the rebels are armed...
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damascus syria. post two more about the latest statements of decisions taken at the friends of syria meeting in june is the top issue is the beirut based director of the center for middle east are these these joining us on the line now dr gelb a very good evening to you the so-called friends the syria concluding that tough economic sanctions will help resolve the syrian crisis do you agree with them not at all the answer is no because i need economy. have effects not on the syrian regime on syria on the syrian people and which will not solve the problem they can make political pressure on the syrian regime they can me like they . close the embassies of syria and kick out the ambassador's bad not all for this it will not solve the problem it will not also harm the people in syria but i me economy. will harm the people in syria it will not solve the problem at all it will make it much more complicate a lot of focus on this meeting tonight in. the saudis attended then they walked out a couple of hours a
damascus syria. post two more about the latest statements of decisions taken at the friends of syria meeting in june is the top issue is the beirut based director of the center for middle east are these these joining us on the line now dr gelb a very good evening to you the so-called friends the syria concluding that tough economic sanctions will help resolve the syrian crisis do you agree with them not at all the answer is no because i need economy. have effects not on the syrian regime on...
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and the latest violence in syria comes despite u.n. efforts on the ground and international calls on both sides to stop the bloodshed but as our reports some states are only helping to inflame the conflict. one week has passed since the united nations has issued a new mandate for its observer mission in syria beach and this theoretically should help calm tensions in this country but if anything violence in syria has only intensified over the past week the clashes between the army and the rebel still continue in the northern city of aleppo with the death toll believed to be in the hundreds and enormous damage to the city's infrastructure now before the syrian uprising began aleppo was considered the best case for the burgeoning economic and political ties between syria and its northern neighbor turkey but ever since are there on and bashar assad stopped calling each other france turkey has played a very active and some would say a very destructive role in syrian affairs turkish territory is being actively used to smuggle weapons for the
and the latest violence in syria comes despite u.n. efforts on the ground and international calls on both sides to stop the bloodshed but as our reports some states are only helping to inflame the conflict. one week has passed since the united nations has issued a new mandate for its observer mission in syria beach and this theoretically should help calm tensions in this country but if anything violence in syria has only intensified over the past week the clashes between the army and the rebel...